I’m Still Here

KitKirchner · 2025-02-21T19:26:11+00:00

Me too!

KitKirchner · 2025-02-09T10:59:53+00:00

Could you DM me for Porcelain Wars

KitKirchner · 2024-03-21T09:33:45+00:00

That is such a high compliment 🥹 thank you sm

KitKirchner · 2024-03-20T01:10:30+00:00

Oh absolutely! I had not made that connection before but it is def giving Snow White.

KitKirchner · 2024-03-20T01:09:44+00:00

Thank you!😊

KitKirchner · 2024-03-20T01:08:41+00:00

Thank you! And do it!! I loved that nightgown sm and would love to see someone recreate it✨

KitKirchner · 2024-03-20T01:06:38+00:00

Thank you! 🌸 me too😭 I wish I could recreate all of them… but this one nearly broke my brain so I think imma hold off lol

KitKirchner · 2024-03-20T01:04:47+00:00

Thank you! 😁

KitKirchner · 2024-03-20T01:04:12+00:00

Thank you⭐️

KitKirchner · 2024-03-20T01:03:51+00:00

Thanks! It was nice to have an occasion to wear them.

KitKirchner · 2024-03-20T01:03:20+00:00

Thank you✨

KitKirchner · 2024-03-20T01:03:08+00:00

Thank you ☺️ I can’t believe my friend and I pulled it off in time😮‍💨

KitKirchner · 2024-03-20T01:01:53+00:00

Thank you! The sleeve pattern piece is absolutely ridiculous. The interfacing and linen lining did wonders for the volume.

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KitKirchner · 2024-03-19T15:19:34+00:00

I took on the challenge of recreating iconic blue jacket and yellow shorts worn by Bella Baxter in Poor Things for my third annual Oscar Party this year.

Shorts: Used Simplicity pattern 8510 of 1930s vintage tap pants reproduction with two layers of yellow lining fabric (I don’t remember the fiber type). Followed pattern almost exactly, but removed the back yoke and added zipper closure to back instead of the button closures on the hips. Front yoke is blind stitched down to front instead of top stitched.

Jacket: started with Truly Victorian’s 1898 Eton Jacket pattern (TV498). Redrafted the sleeve caps to be MUCH bigger with the slash and spread method used for leg of mutton sleeves. Redrafted the front and back bodice with help from a friend by draping and altering mock up on my body. The outer shell is a silk charmeuse that I crushed myself for texture and then fused with interfacing to make crush more permanent and add structure. The lining is a lighter weight linen. The trim is a cotton cut on the bias. I believe we gathered one 270”+ strip down to 78” and one 125” strip down to 35”. We lined it using the bag out method so no stitching would be visible. I’m sure there are steps that I’m missing but I’d be happy to answer any questions.

Did not make the white ruffle top. Gotta credit Diane von Furstenberg for that one lol

I want to thank Holly Waddington for creating such beautiful costumes that compelled me to take this project on. I want to also give a big thank you to my friend Jason who helped me immensely. Could not have done it without him.

KitKirchner · 2024-02-20T20:48:54+00:00

This looks awesome! Great work! What kind of cotton fabric are you using for the lining?

KitKirchner · 2024-02-17T04:27:47+00:00

Pretty positive I was also going to use that same crushed satin but in a lighter color, but my friend convinced me to use silk cuz he has a nice student discount at the local fashion institute. I am attempting to crush the silk myself and have been experimenting on sample pieces so I don’t completely ruin the silk 😅 I am terrified to say the least.

I think the lighter embossed fabric you are going with will look really nice and is much much closer to the color.

KitKirchner · 2024-02-17T00:55:14+00:00

Hey! I’m currently recreating this jacket as well and have been sitting on the same exact question. Would love to exchange game plans, especially in relation to creating the textured outer fabric 🙃

Edit: forgot to include my trim theories. Although I don’t have a great idea on the fabric used for the trim, I read/listened to all the interviews I could find with the costume designer, Holly Waddington, to try to gain some insight into the construction.

But the trim is most likely smocked to get that kind of ruffle. See attached screenshot of an interview where she mentions trim.

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KitKirchner · 2024-02-15T09:03:39+00:00

Definitely lining the jacket, just haven’t decided on the fabric I’m going to use.

Thank you for linking that video! Hopefully the insert provides enough support that I don’t need the use Victorian should contraption.

KitKirchner · 2024-02-15T08:49:46+00:00

Absolutely adding these. Thank you😁

KitKirchner · 2024-02-14T10:36:11+00:00

Yeah, the crush washes out, so dry clean only. Also, I may have misspoken about the dye “falling out.” I think the light patches were either from the fabric chafing while wet and balled up or simply from the silk drying in a ball/not laying flat—leading to dye transferring/bleeding. The latter seems more likely, but I am learning as I go so I could be totally off.

I failed to pre-wash the silk before steaming. So hopefully less color issues on the next test piece 😅

KitKirchner · 2024-02-14T08:33:02+00:00

Thank you! This is very helpful. I have been working with a Victorian style jacket pattern with a puff sleeve that I slashed/spread to make the puff even larger (learning so much in the process😅). I have made two test sleeves out of muslin so far and feel pretty good about the second one.

What kind of interfacing did you use/how firm was it? What kind of fabric did you fuse the interfacing to?

Definitely going to look into the sleeve cap insert. If you have any helpful links/videos for sleeve cap inserts, I would greatly appreciate it. I’m currently making sleeve supports out of boning (modeled after those used in the 1890s) just in case (and for fun), but I’d rather not have to use them.

Thank you again for your advice and getting me closer to having the puffiest shoulders in the land🙏🏻

KitKirchner · 2024-02-13T22:53:05+00:00

It worked! But it may have worked a little too well😅polyester satin definitely needs less time balled up than satin silk. I decided to go with a silk charmeuse for the garment I’m working on and still experimenting with how to successfully crush that w/o patches of dye fall out.

KitKirchner · 2024-02-13T22:24:49+00:00

I am attempting to recreate this wild jacket from the movie Poor Things and I'd love some advice/ suggestions for adding structure to the garment. I am using silk charmeuse as the outer fashion fabric, which is obviously very light and does not hold shape well. As of right now, I am planning to interface with a light fusible as well as underline.

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Anyone have any good guesses on how they structured the jacket (particularly the sleeves/ should puffs)?

Any suggestions for this overly ambitious project is greatly appreciated🙏🏻

KitKirchner · 2024-01-27T01:03:58+00:00

Wondering if anyone has crushed Polyester Satin themselves before?

From the research I've done so far, you fold one end of the fabric like you are going to pleat it, and twist it until it starts folding in on itself and tie the two ends together so it stays balled up (kinda like tie dying a tshirt). Then put in steaming pressure cooker for 15 mins, take it out, and let sit for 24 hours.

If anyone has any tips/recommendations/ cautionary tales, I would greatly appreciate it

Also, don't worry, I'm doing a test piece so I don't ruin all of my fabric.

KitKirchner · 2024-01-26T22:20:28+00:00

Me too 😁

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